Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Originally Posted by lamin8r

Yup,but its easier to see than the silly white one..Love the job you are doing on this Steve..Kool stuff..

Thanks Robin, that stuff i use is called blown glassfibre i believe.

Got a nice surprise off the postman this morning, my new seat covers had arrived and a box of Aeromotive fuel system parts
I had the old covers remade but with a diamond pleated design, I'm actually now selling GRP versions of the Empi seats and can supply covers in either design.

I think they look much better.








The fuel system parts were a Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump, post & pre filters and a Bypass regulator, On reading the pump instructions i found out that the pump should not be run for longer than 30 minutes without a speed controller which is another $200 I wonder why this isn't put on their website :whistle:
Also in the instructions i found that this pump has to have a sump on the tank.








Anyway in between interruptions where i had to stop and make some brackets for Mick Harles new electric fan and do a quick fix on Sues 29A for the MOT this morning I finally got around to making the sump up.
There was a drain plug where the rear of the sump needed to be so that was removed and 6 x 1" holes cut for the fuel to enter the sump, putting holes in rather than cutting 1 big hole would help baffle the fuel and make sure the pickup would always be covered.








First job was to make up a cardboard template








Next the template was laid flat and some 16swg sheet was marked out.








The shape was cut out and folded, corners were welded up.








Tig welded into position.








5/8" holes were drilled for the -10 fittings and deburred, 2 were put in but only one used for the moment. Next 2 weld on bungs were turned up and threaded 7/8" UNF








Also my old mate Paul Hobby kindly powder coated my battery tray silver, Thanks Paul.






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Many guys would have simply returned the pump for something that worked without a sump!! You continue to impress me with your "make it work" approach and your fabrication skills. Once again, thanks for continuing to post as you make progress!

Originally Posted by rspears

Many guys would have simply returned the pump for something that worked without a sump!! You continue to impress me with your "make it work" approach and your fabrication skills. Once again, thanks for continuing to post as you make progress!

Not so easy to return when in England Roger, the pump is a good unit so wanted to keep it, would of been nice to know beforehand though, cheers for the thumbs.

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Roadster a pain to return even here , sometimes you get the it's what you ordered . OK I made a mistake .

Or like me order it and then read the discription!

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Roadster a pain to return even here , sometimes you get the it's what you ordered . OK I made a mistake .

To be honest Roger the fuel system has got carried away with itself, everyone i spoke to said i needed the A1000 Aeromotive pump so thats what i got, Not one person cared to mention that it needed a speed controller $200, pre filter £88, post filter $120, Bypass regulator $170 !!! I was a bit shocked to find i had to spend another $600 on top of the $300 for the pump

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Originally Posted by roadster32

To be honest Roger the fuel system has got carried away with itself, everyone i spoke to said i needed the A1000 Aeromotive pump so thats what i got, Not one person cared to mention that it needed a speed controller $200, pre filter £88, post filter $120, Bypass regulator $170 !!! I was a bit shocked to find i had to spend another $600 on top of the $300 for the pump

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And I thought that I was the only one who that happened to Too often the decision to use a specific widget "grows", costing several times what I justify by the time it's set to work.

Originally Posted by rspears

And I thought that I was the only one who that happened to Too often the decision to use a specific widget "grows", costing several times what I justify by the time it's set to work.

Your not wrong Roger, it's like they suck you in gradually

I ended up not using the threaded weld on bungs i made as i found a couple of -10 AN fittings in my box.








Had to put in a rollover breather valve just incase








The Aeromotive pump has to have a 1/2" minimum return line so a boss was spun up and welded into the filler neck, Its aimed at the side of the tube as the returning fuel is airated and hitting the side of the tube on return will act as a degassing plate.









Thanks for looking.

Nice work Steve, should have plenty of fuel!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nice work Steve, should have plenty of fuel!

Yes Dave, I just hope I can afford to fill it up !!!

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Yes Dave, I just hope I can afford to fill it up !!!

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Yeah, know what you mean!!! That's getting to be the really expensive part! Absolutely nuts, and nothing real to blame the price increases on!

Steve,

You sure do some nice work!

I don't comment very often on the board but I read it daily and after clicking the "What's New" button, your thread is most often the first I read. Your work is WAAAAY beyond what I can do. I use your ideas, approach, and workmanship as an inspiration on whatever project I'm working on. My first thought is usually "dam that's nice".

Keep up the great work.

Steve, you have plenty of good ideas of your own, and of course your craftsmanship is marvelous. Knowing the kind of guy you are though I've found one more feature to add. You'll need to fabricate some sort of high zoot, stainless antenna..........but I'm sure you could whip that out in a day or so. The neat thing is she does her dance as you're going down the road...............or strip (how appropriate).